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Japanese Economy in Recession
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Tokyo, Japan – Tokyo stocks take a plunge, ending below the 17,000 threshhold after official data showed Japan’s economy dropped into a recession on Monday, November 17, 2014. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average dropped 517.03 points or 2.96% from Friday to 16,973.80 at the end of the afternoon session on the Tokyo Stock Exchange market. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO)

Japan Falls into Rescecion
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Tokyo, Japan – A woman walks in front of a luxury department store in the Ginza district of Tokyo, on November 17, 2014. Official data showed that the Japanese economy unexpectedly contracted by 1.6 percent in the three months between July-September according to the Cabinet Office on Monday 17, 2014. It is expected that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will postpone a second sales-tax increase to 10 percent after these disappointing GDP figures. (Photo by Rodrigo Reyes Marin/AFLO)Japanese Economy in Recession
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Tokyo, Japan – Tokyo stocks take a plunge, ending below the 17,000 threshhold after official data showed Japan’s economy dropped into a recession on Monday, November 17, 2014. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average dropped 517.03 points or 2.96% from Friday to 16,973.80 at the end of the afternoon session on the Tokyo Stock Exchange market. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO)

Japan Falls into Rescecion
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Tokyo, Japan – A woman walks in front of a luxury department store in the Ginza district of Tokyo, on November 17, 2014. Official data showed that the Japanese economy unexpectedly contracted by 1.6 percent in the three months between July-September according to the Cabinet Office on Monday 17, 2014. It is expected that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will postpone a second sales-tax increase to 10 percent after these disappointing GDP figures. (Photo by Rodrigo Reyes Marin/AFLO)Japanese Economy in Recession
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Tokyo, Japan – Tokyo stocks take a plunge, ending below the 17,000 threshhold after official data showed Japan’s economy dropped into a recession on Monday, November 17, 2014. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average dropped 517.03 points or 2.96% from Friday to 16,973.80 at the end of the afternoon session on the Tokyo Stock Exchange market. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO)

Japan Falls into Rescecion
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Tokyo, Japan – A woman walks in front of a luxury department store in the Ginza district of Tokyo, on November 17, 2014. Official data showed that the Japanese economy unexpectedly contracted by 1.6 percent in the three months between July-September according to the Cabinet Office on Monday 17, 2014. It is expected that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will postpone a second sales-tax increase to 10 percent after these disappointing GDP figures. (Photo by Rodrigo Reyes Marin/AFLO)Japanese Economy in Recession
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Tokyo, Japan – Tokyo stocks take a plunge, ending below the 17,000 threshhold after official data showed Japan’s economy dropped into a recession on Monday, November 17, 2014. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average dropped 517.03 points or 2.96% from Friday to 16,973.80 at the end of the afternoon session on the Tokyo Stock Exchange market. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO)

Japan Falls into Rescecion
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Tokyo, Japan – A woman walks in front of a luxury department store in the Ginza district of Tokyo, on November 17, 2014. Official data showed that the Japanese economy unexpectedly contracted by 1.6 percent in the three months between July-September according to the Cabinet Office on Monday 17, 2014. It is expected that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will postpone a second sales-tax increase to 10 percent after these disappointing GDP figures. (Photo by Rodrigo Reyes Marin/AFLO)Japanese Economy in Recession
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Tokyo, Japan – Tokyo stocks take a plunge, ending below the 17,000 threshhold after official data showed Japan’s economy dropped into a recession on Monday, November 17, 2014. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average dropped 517.03 points or 2.96% from Friday to 16,973.80 at the end of the afternoon session on the Tokyo Stock Exchange market. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO)

Japan Falls into Rescecion
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Tokyo, Japan – A woman walks in front of a luxury department store in the Ginza district of Tokyo, on November 17, 2014. Official data showed that the Japanese economy unexpectedly contracted by 1.6 percent in the three months between July-September according to the Cabinet Office on Monday 17, 2014. It is expected that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will postpone a second sales-tax increase to 10 percent after these disappointing GDP figures. (Photo by Rodrigo Reyes Marin/AFLO)